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Cleveland Guardians @ Kansas City Royals

1975-06-11 · Night game · Kauffman Stadium · Att: 10787 · 76°F, night · 2:29

Kansas City Royals defeated Cleveland Indians 7–1. Kansas City Royals put up 4 in the 4th. Dennis Leonard earned the win. Cookie Rojas went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CLE	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	6
KCA	0	0	1	4	1	0	0	1		7	9

W: Dennis Leonard L: Gaylord Perry SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Rich Garcia · 1B: Ron Luciano · 2B: Armando Rodriguez · 3B: Bill Haller · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
John Lowenstein	4	0	1	0	0	1
Duane Kuiper	3	0	1	0	1	1
Rick Manning	4	0	1	1	0	1
Boog Powell	4	0	1	0	0	1
George Hendrick	4	0	0	0	0	2
Oscar Gamble	4	0	0	0	0	0
John Ellis	4	0	0	0	0	0
Charlie Spikes	4	0	1	0	0	1
Ed Crosby	1	1	1	0	2	0

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jim Wohlford	4	0	0	0	0	1
George Brett	4	1	1	0	0	0
John Mayberry	2	1	0	0	2	0
Hal McRae	4	1	3	1	0	0
Harmon Killebrew	4	1	2	2	0	2
Fran Healy	4	1	0	0	0	0
Vada Pinson	4	1	1	0	0	0
Cookie Rojas	3	1	1	3	1	0
Freddie Patek	2	0	1	0	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Gaylord Perry	8.0	9	3	3

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dennis Leonard	9.0	6	3	7

Play-by-play

Top 1

John Lowenstein: K
Duane Kuiper: W
Rick Manning: CS2(24)#
Rick Manning: K/C

Bot 1

Jim Wohlford: 63
George Brett: 43
John Mayberry: 31

Top 2

Boog Powell: 8
George Hendrick: 13
Oscar Gamble: 3/G

Bot 2

Hal McRae: S8
Harmon Killebrew: K+CS2(24)/DP
Fran Healy: 9

Top 3

John Ellis: 9
Charlie Spikes: S7
Ed Crosby: SB2
Ed Crosby: W
John Lowenstein: 8
Duane Kuiper: 8

Bot 3

Vada Pinson: T9.B-H(E4)(NR)
Cookie Rojas: W
Freddie Patek: 34/SH.1-2
Jim Wohlford: 13
George Brett: 7

Top 4

Rick Manning: 63
Boog Powell: S8
George Hendrick: K
Oscar Gamble: 4

Bot 4

John Mayberry: W
Hal McRae: S.1-2
Harmon Killebrew: S8.2-H;1-2
Fran Healy: 64(1)/FO.2-3
Vada Pinson: 5/FL
Cookie Rojas: HR.3-H;1-H
Freddie Patek: 7

Top 5

John Ellis: 3/FL
Charlie Spikes: 3/L
Ed Crosby: W
John Lowenstein: 43

Bot 5

Jim Wohlford: K
George Brett: D7
John Mayberry: W
Hal McRae: S7.2-H;1-2
Harmon Killebrew: K
Fran Healy: 3/FL

Top 6

Duane Kuiper: S7
Rick Manning: 54(1)/FO
Boog Powell: E1.1-2
George Hendrick: 5(2)4(1)/GDP

Bot 6

Vada Pinson: 9
Cookie Rojas: 63
Freddie Patek: S7
Jim Wohlford: 63

Top 7

Oscar Gamble: 7
John Ellis: 8
Charlie Spikes: K

Bot 7

George Brett: 43
John Mayberry: 3/G
Hal McRae: 3/G

Top 8

Ed Crosby: S8
John Lowenstein: S9.1-2
Duane Kuiper: K
Rick Manning: S8.2-H;1-2
Boog Powell: K
George Hendrick: K

Bot 8

Harmon Killebrew: HR
Fran Healy: 63
Vada Pinson: 43
Cookie Rojas: 8

Top 9

Oscar Gamble: 143
John Ellis: 4
Charlie Spikes: 8

Notes & reviews

Indians Manager Robinson ejected by 1B umpire Luciano after Indians coach McCraw objected to check swing strike call for strike 3; Robinson got between them and was ejected

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